Spanish adaptation of the democratic system justification scale (S-DSJS)

• Alejandro Magallares ^[1] ; Filippo Rutto ^[2] ; Patricia Recio ^[1]
  1. [1] Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia

     Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia

     Madrid, España

     
  2. [2] Department of Psychology. University of Torino. Torino (Italy)
• Localización: Acción psicológica, ISSN 1578-908X, Vol. 22, Nº. 2, 2025, págs. 23-33
• Idioma: inglés
• DOI: 10.5944/ap.42800
• Títulos paralelos:
  • Adaptación española de la escala de justificación del sistema democrático (S-DSJS)
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  • español

    Las creencias sobre la justificación del sistema democrático pueden ser definidas como la tendencia que tienen las personas a legitimar el sistema político democrático en el que viven. El objetivo de este estudio era adaptar la Escala de Justificación del Sistema Democrático a la población Española (S-DSJS). Se contó con la participación de 565 sujetos de España para la realización del estudio. Se pasaron cuestionarios de Orientación a la Dominancia Social (SDO), Autoritarismo (RWA), Sexismo Benevolente (BS) y Orientación Política (PO) para evaluar la validez de criterio de la S-DSJS. El análisis factorial confirmatorio mostró como los items del cuestionario ajustaban en un modelo unifactorial, al igual que encontraron los autores originales. Además, la estructura factorial era invariante por género. También se encontró que la fiabilidad de la escala era de .78. Además, se halló que existían correlaciones positivas y significativas entre la S-DSJS y la SDO (r = .26, p < .01), el RWA (r = .26, p < .01), el BS (r = .17, p <.01) y la PO (r = .35, p < .01). No se hallaron diferencias entre hombres y mujeres (t = -1.752, p = .08). Por último, se observaron diferencias en el estatus laboral (t = -2.04, p < .05) y la edad (F = 4.98, p <.01). A raíz de estos resultados, se concluye que la S-DSJS es metodológicamente válida y puede ser usada por la comunidad científica para medir creencias sobre la justificación del sistema democrático.

  • English

    Democratic system justification beliefs may be defined as the tendency that individuals have to legitimize the democratic political system in which they live. The aim of this study was to adapt the Democratic System Justi-fication Scale to Spanish population (S-DSJS). Partici-pants were 565 individuals from Spain. Questionnaires to measure Social Dominance Orientation (SDO), Right Wing Authoritarianism (RWA), Benevolent Sexism (BS), and Political Orientation (PO) were used to analyze the criterion validity of the S-DSJS. Confirmatory factor analysis showed that the items of the questionnaire fit a model with one factor, corresponding to the structure proposed by the original authors. Moreover, the factor structure was invariant by gender. In addition, the overall reliability of the scale was .78. Furthermore, it was found that the S-DSJS was positively related to SDO (r = .26, p < .01), RWA (r = .26, p < .01), BS (r = .17, p <.01), and PO (r = .35, p < .01). No sex differences were found (t = -1.752, p = .08). Finally, results showed differences in working status (t = -2.04, p < .05) and age (F = 4.98, p < .01). In light of these results, it is concluded that the S-DSJS is methodologically valid and can be used by the Spanish scientific community to measure justification be-liefs about the democratic system.

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